The Urban Poor of Puerto Rico: a Study in Development and InequalityMonograph presenting a case study in social and cultural anthropology of slum populations in the san juan urban area to illustrate the effect of economic growth and social change on poverty-stricken urban populations in Puerto Rico - includes illustrations, references and statistical tables. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Jobs and Other Sources of Income 20 | 20 |
Family and Kinship | 36 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Urban Poor of Puerto Rico: a Study in Development and Inequality Case studies in cultural anthropology |
| Author | Helen Icken Safa |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1974 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | Jun 27, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0030853605, 9780030853609 |
| Length | 116 pages |
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